Sophos XG: routing DNS queries

DNS configuration

Presentation of routing DNS queries on Sophos XG The routing of DNS queries is similar to a conditional redirector under Windows, which allows to indicate for a DNS zone the server or servers to contact to resolve a record. This type of routing is useful in the case where your network consists of several private …

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Sophos XG : add a vlan

In this article, I’ll explain how to declare a vlan on your Sophos XG firewall. Before you create it on the firewall, you must make sure that the port of the switch where the firewall is connected is tagged. Go to the firewall administration web interface, in the left menu click NETWORK 1 . The …

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Sophos XG configure a DHCP relay

relay added

Présentation A DHCP relay is a service that listens for DHCPDISCOVER frames to transfer them to a DHCP server. The DHCP relay avoids installing a DHCP service by network segment (MPLS, VLAN …). Before configuring the relay firewall, the DHCP service must be an IP range for the segment where the relay will be configured. …

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Sophos XG: installation on Hyper-V

Login page

In this tutorial, we will have how to install a Sophos XG firewall on a virtual machine with Hyper-V. For this article, I used the Sophos XG home version which is available for free. Prerequisites Download the ISO firewall on the site sophos and recover the license key that will be sent by email. Create a …

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QNAP : volume configuration

Volume created

When provisioning a NAS, the first step is to create one or more volumes with the disks installed in it. NAS QNAP offers two types of volumes: Volume based on a pool of disks. Volume on raid disk group (static). Both types of volumes each have their advantage and disadvantage. Pooled volumes allow the use …

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Reboot ILO

ILO

The ILO management card on HP servers can be restarted independently from the operating system. 1. Go to the ILO web interface and then to Information 1 / Diagnostics 2 . Click on the Reset button 3 . 2. Confirm the restart by clicking OK 1 . 3. Wait while restarting ILO.



QNAP : add a user

User added

In this tutorial, we will see how to create a user on a QNAP NAS. Users are usable on the rights of shared folders and also in add applications. 1. Go to the administration interface and open Control Panel 1 . 2. In the Privilege 1 section, click on Users 2 . 3. Click Create …

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QNAP: add a shared folder

Share added

In this tutorial, we will see how to create a shared folder with a QNAP NAS and access it from Windows. Creating the shared folder 1. Go to the administration interface and open Control Panel 1 . 2. In the Privilege 1 section, click Shared Folders 2 . 3. Click Create 1 / Shared Folder …

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Sophos XG: Configure the SNMP Agent

added community

If you want to supervise the firewall using the SNMP service with software (PRTG, Centreon …), you must activate and configure the agent on the firewall. 1. From the administration interface, go to Administration 1 / SNMP 2 . Check the box 3 to activate the agent, enter the information 4 then click on Apply …

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Sophos XG: configure a Netflow server

Netflow is Cisco’s network-developed networking protocol, which collects information about IP flows. It is possible under Sophos XG to configure a Netflow server. PRTG has a Netflow sensor. 1. From the administration interface, go to Administration 1 / Netflow 2 and configure the server 3 . Validate by clicking Apply 4 .